Chapter 102: Two Jobs
Looking at the brand-new chisels and copper saws that were distributed, a group of poor villagers in tattered clothes all kowtowed to Chen Xu excitedly, "Lord Lidian is really a blessing for me and other villagers!" ”
They have heard of this newcomer, very powerful, not only invented the threshing machine in front of them, but also once slashed the four-zhang snake, and was cordially received and rewarded by the county commander, although he is only fourteen years old, but there are already rumors that he is the star god in the sky to help everyone.
"Okay, everyone hurry back, the villages of each village are in charge, gather all the villagers together to speed up the production of threshers, no need to be more fruitful, just be able to harvest this year's summer wheat and autumn millet!"
"Thank you, Lady Ritori!" A group of people kowtowed again.
"Well, go ahead!" Chen Xu waved his hand, and a group of ragged villagers dispersed and returned to the village.
"The four of you should pay close attention to the progress and trends of each village, inspect at least once every two days, and report to me quickly if there is any slack!"
"Yes, Lady Ritori!" The four pavilion chiefs in charge all surrendered together.
"Also, the collection of summer grain tax must also keep up at the same time, there are not enough manpower this year, let the grain collection team work hard, don't delay!"
"Yes, sir!"
After the four pavilion chiefs left, Chen Xu sat down to drink herbal tea on a simple couch made of a few bamboos.
This is an old wooden house, which is the office of the town government, and the former Lidian is an old man in his sixties, who is really old and mediocre, and everything is basically the same, and he doesn't know how to innovate or innovate, and the town's Qiang Fu and the pavilion chief can only follow together.
Although the Qin Dynasty had strict population management, a household registration system, a system of protecting the armor, and no permission to leave home, let alone destroy the land, and there was also a lot of contempt for doing business, but in fact, Chen Xu found that in addition to the conscription of the people, he did not feel as harsh as later generations said, and one of the important reasons was that the transportation was inconvenient.
The vast Great Qin Empire, except for the barren and bitter cold places of Xinjiang and Tibet, which are not within the territory, the prosperous and rich lands of the Liaohe, the Yangtze River, the Huanghuai River, and the Pearl River have almost all been included, and the population does not exceed 20 million people.
For the rich or businessman who has the money to ride a horse or a car, there is no need to consider the household registration at all, as long as they do not kill people and cross goods and are accused of being accused or collaborating with the enemy to rebel, no one will take care of it, which is the same as the future generations, the rich are superior.
For example, Chen Xu stayed in the county seat for a day, and the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the city were basically an ornament for people who rode horses and carts or even drove cattle in and out, and they didn't look at them when they yawned, even if the clothes were a little neater, they wouldn't care, and the people who were often scolded and scolded by them were the poorest and poorest people like Hanako, these people may be fugitives, or they may be homeless or slaves, and they are interrogated the most, in fact, they are basically local poor people, who go into the city to buy and sell something.
That is to say, the laws and regulations of the Qin Dynasty are indeed strict, but like later generations, the far place of the emperor is still the same, the leaders of the town and the villagers below are also hello, hello, hello, everyone, shout to serve, shout to pay taxes, do not kill, do not steal, do not set fire, no one will have nothing to do, you must know that it is not easy for cadres to go out, it takes most of the day to go back and forth to a village, and the old arms and legs can be broken up when sitting on the horse, and occasionally there are some villagers making trouble or other incidents, compromising if you can compromise, and appeasing if you can appease, If you can intimidate, you can be low-key, and if you can keep a low profile, it is still the same as in later generations, and you must not let things make a big fuss into the ears of the superior leaders, generally if that kind of thing happens, the troublemakers will definitely be punished, and the officials will also be responsible, so no one wants to cause trouble for themselves.
In this era, in fact, the strict laws and regulations were still limited to relatively prosperous places, and some poor and remote places did not even know that the Qin State had unified China.
Chen Xu sat in the room, drinking tea and sorting out his thoughts.
After a few days of understanding, Lidian is nominally the biggest official in the town, and the things to do seem to be miscellaneous and have to take care of everything, but in fact there are only two things, the first is to collect taxes, and the second is to carry out the conscription orders issued by the county order.
The first is that it is indeed old-fashioned, and the second is that the leader has changed at the top.
Jiangbei Pavilion became the county magistrate, so he naturally wanted to change a group of people he liked, and it just so happened that Chen Xu was the one he liked, because as soon as he took office, he gave him such a big surprise as a threshing machine.
The sample of the threshing machine has been sent to the county town, I believe that it will be rewarded by the county guard, and Jiangbei Pavilion will also add a large amount of political achievements, not only under the rule of this kind of proficient in the design of the talent of the institution, but more importantly, it will make the summer grain harvest faster, it is indeed a great initiative for the benefit of the country and the people, I believe that if the threshing machine is sent to Xianyang, it is estimated that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will be alarmed.
Therefore, Chen Xu is a strange investment object for Jiangbei Pavilion, it doesn't matter if he is young, if he cultivates it, he will become the proud assistant of the Jiang family in the future.
Now is the time of the summer grain harvest, so naturally the summer grain tax is the top priority, and there must not be a little sloppiness.
Jiangbei Pavilion has repeatedly told him several times about this matter, the summer grain must be handed over on time, as for whether the people below have anything to eat, whether they will starve to death, it will be under the control of the Li Dian, not under the control of the county order, the county order is only responsible for the county guard, the county guard is only responsible for Xianyang, layer by layer after the grain tax is all in the warehouse, and other orders will be pressed down layer by layer, and the most basic officials and servants who cannot complete the task and are beheaded are also the most basic officials and servants of the Li Dian and the pavilion chief Murazheng, and at the level of the county order, there are very few people who have been beheaded, and there are people above, As long as it is not a rebellion and a change of dynasty, there is generally no big problem in leaving your life behind.
Qinghe Town is just a small town, with a population size of less than 3,000, and there are no officials who have two formal towns, such as rank and sifu, so only officials are set up according to the li, so Li Dian is the biggest official, and the pavilion chief has all the money, all of which are under his overall management, as long as the summer grain tax is done this time, there is basically nothing to do in the next few months, and then you can slowly get some things you want to do.
At present, everything has been ordered, and I can only urge a few pavilion chiefs to supervise and urge every day, and I am bored at the moment, but I can find someone who can read to explain some of the laws of the Qin Dynasty to myself, otherwise it is not clear that I will be cut off in a daze.